NBBJ

CTBUH Gold Member

About

Member Since: 2005

Member Offices: New York City

NBBJ is a different kind of design practice, one that helps their clients drive innovation by creating highly productive, sustainable spaces that free people to live, learn, work and play as they were meant to.

The world’s leading organizations look to NBBJ's experts to help them design environments that disrupt the status quo and effect real, meaningful change at all levels. Named among the top 10 most innovative architecture firms by Fast Company, NBBJ makes news by partnering with like-minded companies including Google, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft and Tencent.

Founded in 1943, NBBJ's global network of “renaissance teams” includes researchers, strategists, nurses, architects, anthropologists, planners and interior designers who generate ideas that have a profound and lasting impact.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Interior Design; Landscape Architecture; Marketing / Sales

Membership details

Membership Level

Gold

Member Since

2005

Member Offices

New York City

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Eton Place Dalian Tower 1	383.2 m / 1,257 ft
2	Capital City Moscow Tower	301.8 m / 990 ft
3	Eton Place Dalian Tower 2	279.5 m / 917 ft
4	Vanke Chang'an Center Building 8	262 m / 860 ft
5	Rainier Square Tower	258.2 m / 847 ft
6	Capital City St. Petersburg Tower	257.2 m / 844 ft
7	Tencent Seafront Tower 1	245.8 m / 806 ft
8	The Sail @ Marina Bay	245 m / 804 ft
9	Imperia Tower	238.7 m / 783 ft
10	Eton Shenyang Center #6	234.6 m / 770 ft

Awards

Award of Excellence: Rainier Square Tower

Construction Award 2021

Ctbuh Leaders

Timothy Johnson

CTBUH Chapter Secretary, 2015 – Present

New York City

Daniel Ayars

CTBUH Regional Representative, 2018 – Present

Columbus

Ryan Mullenix

CTBUH Seattle Chapter, 2018 – Present

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

31 May 2018

Linked-Up Thinking Drives the Design of a Tech Company’s Headquarters

The Tencent Seafront Towers were constructed in a special zone of Shenzhen, the Software Industry Base. The project represents a new vision of the workplace,...

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Research

30 April 2018

Taking the Corporate Campus Vertical

The Tencent Seafront Towers bring a novel concept – the “vertical campus” – to Shenzhen. In housing the corporate headquarters of the fourth-largest internet company...

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Global News

09 February 2021

Designs Revealed for Tech Giant Headquarters in Arlington

Two years after tech giant Amazon ended its search for a second headquarters site and settled on Arlington, Virginia (after plans for a Queens offshoot...

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Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Eton Place Dalian Tower 1	Dalian	2016	383 m / 1,257 ft
2	Xiamen State Grid Cultural Exchange Center	Xiamen	-	357 m / 1,171 ft
3	Suyong Bay Tower	Busan	-	340 m / 1,115 ft
4	Capital City Moscow Tower	Moscow	2010	302 m / 990 ft
5	Suning Ruicheng Phase 3	Nanjing	-	300 m / 984 ft
6	Eton Place Dalian Tower 2	Dalian	2015	280 m / 917 ft
7	888 2nd Avenue	Seattle	-	271 m / 888 ft
8	Vanke Chang'an Center Building 8	Dongguan	2017	262 m / 860 ft
9	Rainier Square Tower	Seattle	2020	258 m / 847 ft
10	Capital City St. Petersburg Tower	Moscow	2010	257 m / 844 ft
11	Tencent Seafront Tower 1	Shenzhen	2017	246 m / 806 ft
12	The Sail @ Marina Bay	Singapore	2008	245 m / 804 ft
13	Imperia Tower	Moscow	2011	239 m / 783 ft
14	Eton Shenyang Center #6	Shenyang	-	235 m / 770 ft
14	Eton Shenyang Center #7	Shenyang	-	235 m / 770 ft
16	Two Union Square	Seattle	1989	226 m / 740 ft
17	State Grid Tower	Dalian	2021	220 m / 722 ft
18	Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Headquarters	Xi’an	2018	217 m / 713 ft
19	Central Park Tower	Singapore	2008	215 m / 705 ft
20	Yanlord Marina Center Tower 5	Zhuhai	2018	215 m / 705 ft
21	International Financial Centre Tower 2	Jakarta	2016	213 m / 699 ft
22	Xiamen Eton Center North Tower	Xiamen	-	210 m / 689 ft
23	Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E06 #1	Nanjing	2015	210 m / 689 ft
23	Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E07 #2	Nanjing	2015	210 m / 689 ft
25	Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E08 #2	Nanjing	2015	210 m / 689 ft
26	Eton Shenyang Center #5	Shenyang	2016	203 m / 665 ft
26	Eton Shenyang Center #9	Shenyang	-	203 m / 665 ft
28	Suning Ruicheng Phase 2 D07	Nanjing	-	200 m / 656 ft
29	Suning Ruicheng Phase 2 C0102	Nanjing	-	200 m / 656 ft
30	nuCLEus	Cleveland	-	197 m / 647 ft
31	Tencent Seafront Tower 2	Shenzhen	2017	195 m / 639 ft
32	Saigon Centre 2	Ho Chi Minh City	2017	194 m / 635 ft
33	Safeco Plaza	Seattle	1969	192 m / 630 ft
34	Two Taikoo Place	Hong Kong	2021	191 m / 627 ft
35	Minsk Gazprom Headquarters	Minsk	-	189 m / 620 ft
36	Abdul Aziz Al Babtain Cultural WAQF	Kuwait City	2010	189 m / 619 ft
37	Bellevue 600	Bellevue	2024	183 m / 600 ft
38	555 108th Avenue NE	Bellevue	2023	183 m / 600 ft
39	Russell Investments Center	Seattle	2006	182 m / 598 ft
40	Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E07 #1	Nanjing	2015	182 m / 597 ft
41	Suning Ruicheng Phase 1 E08 #1	Nanjing	2015	182 m / 597 ft
42	Eton Shenyang Center #4	Shenyang	2016	181 m / 593 ft
43	CDL Chongqing Tower C	Chongqing	-	180 m / 591 ft
44	Shanghai Industrial Center Tower 1	Shanghai	-	180 m / 591 ft
45	Chengdu Renheng Fraser Suites	Chengdu	2010	180 m / 590 ft
46	IQ-Quarter Tower 2	Moscow	2016	178 m / 582 ft
47	Sichuan Publishing Media	Chengdu	-	175 m / 575 ft
48	Madison Centre	Seattle	2017	171 m / 560 ft
49	Eton Shenyang Center #10	Shenyang	-	171 m / 560 ft
49	Eton Shenyang Center #11	Shenyang	2015	171 m / 560 ft
51	Fraser Suites Chengdu	Chengdu	2010	165 m / 541 ft
52	William Green Building	Columbus	1990	162 m / 530 ft
53	Amazon Tower I	Seattle	2016	160 m / 524 ft
54	Amazon Tower II	Seattle	2017	159 m / 521 ft
55	Amazon Tower III	Seattle	2019	159 m / 520 ft
56	Rainier Tower	Seattle	1977	157 m / 514 ft
57	CDL Chongqing Tower B	Chongqing	-	156 m / 512 ft
58	Vern Riffe Center for Govermnment and the Arts	Columbus	1989	154 m / 504 ft
59	2100 Market Street	Philadelphia	-	152 m / 500 ft
60	1918 8th Avenue	Seattle	2009	152 m / 500 ft
61	Vivo Headquarters	Shenzhen	2025	150 m / 492 ft
62	Xian Kempinski Hotel Phase III	Xi’an	2015	148 m / 485 ft
63	Eton Place Dalian Tower 3	Dalian	2010	147 m / 482 ft
63	Eton Place Dalian Tower 4	Dalian	2010	147 m / 482 ft
63	Eton Place Dalian Tower 5	Dalian	2010	147 m / 482 ft
66	IQ-Quarter Tower 1	Moscow	2015	141 m / 463 ft
67	CDL Chongqing Tower A	Chongqing	-	136 m / 446 ft
68	NHN Green Factory	Seongnam	2010	134 m / 441 ft
69	Yanlord Marina Center Tower 1	Zhuhai	2016	133 m / 437 ft
69	Yanlord Marina Center Tower 2	Zhuhai	2016	133 m / 437 ft
69	Yanlord Marina Center Tower 3	Zhuhai	2016	133 m / 437 ft
69	Yanlord Marina Center Tower 4	Zhuhai	2016	133 m / 437 ft
73	Three Nationwide Plaza	Columbus	1988	124 m / 408 ft
74	Keppel Beijing Aether Square Tower B	Beijing	2016	120 m / 394 ft
75	United States Federal Courthouse	Seattle	2004	119 m / 390 ft
76	Unigard Financial Center	Seattle	1972	119 m / 389 ft
77	Keppel Beijing Aether Square Tower A	Beijing	2016	112 m / 367 ft
78	One Columbus Center	Columbus	1987	112 m / 366 ft
79	The Helix	Arlington	2025	108 m / 354 ft
80	Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 3	Arlington	2025	102 m / 336 ft
81	Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 2	Arlington	2025	102 m / 335 ft
82	Amazon PenPlace Site, Tower 1	Arlington	2025	102 m / 333 ft
83	University of Washington Plaza	Seattle	1975	99 m / 325 ft
84	Gramercy Park I	Singapore	2016	98 m / 322 ft
84	Gramercy Park II	Singapore	2016	98 m / 322 ft
86	Keppel Beijing Aether Square Tower C	Beijing	2016	95 m / 312 ft
87	IBM Building	Seattle	1964	84 m / 276 ft
88	IQ-Quarter Tower 3	Moscow	2015	84 m / 274 ft
89	Vanke Chang'an Center Building 2	Dongguan	2014	71 m / 234 ft
90	818 Stewart	Seattle	2008	67 m / 220 ft
91	Samara-Center 1	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
91	Samara-Center 2	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
91	Samara-Center 3	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
91	Samara-Center 4	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
91	Samara-Center 5	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
91	Samara-Center 6	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
91	Samara-Center 7	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
91	Samara-Center 8	Samara	-	64 m / 208 ft
99	Vanke Chang'an Center Building 5	Dongguan	2014	60 m / 196 ft
99	Vanke Chang'an Center Building 6	Dongguan	2014	60 m / 196 ft
101	Columbia Gas of Ohio Building	Columbus	1983	59 m / 194 ft
102	Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center	San Jose	2015	58 m / 190 ft
103	Grange Mutual Insurance Headquarters, North Building	Columbus	1978	54 m / 177 ft
104	Grange Mutual Insurance Headquarters, South Building	Columbus	2010	44 m / 144 ft
105	No Shadow North Tower	London	-	- m / - ft
106	No Shadow South Tower	London	-	- m / - ft
107	Ohio Public Employees Retirement System	Columbus	2004	- m / - ft
108	Shanghai Industrial Center Tower 2	Shanghai	-	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

38 Completed

7 Under Constr.

300 m+ Buildings

2 Completed

Average Building Age*

13 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (47%), 36 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (38%), 26 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 76 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 69 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 76 Completed & Under Construction Buildings